Lulu Nicholls

Communication Design (Honours)

Hey, I'm Lulu

I am a recent graduate of Communication Design (honours) at Swinburne University. I am a driven designer and an energic person. I pride myself on being hard-working and willing to learn. Through my work at Hardhat agency, I have gained experience in campaign work and team design processes. I love working in a team and learning everyone's design process. As I struggled through writing about myself, my friend called me a "cool girl designer with fun energy and super dynamic work", so take that how you will.

Now while I don't believe in star signs, there might be something in it. So, I am a Gemini, and apparently, they have an 'intrinsic duality' otherwise known as two-faced. So while I love my work and take it all too seriously, I am also a hot mess. I will yarn to anyone who will listen, and if I am not on the yarn, I'll be listening to murder mysteries or my dad's music. You could find me lost on my own street while having an in-depth conversation with my housemates, solving any issue. I am the type of person who colour codes their wardrobe but hates putting my clothes away as they have to be in order. I love the footy and finally seeing the dees winning! Or Collingwood, my second team. And If I am not doing any of the above, you can find me cuddled up with my dogs.

I am excited to see what my future in design holds! I am eager to continue to explore 3D design, branding and UX system design.

ISTD: 100% green

See you: Gender neutral makeup

React drivers fatigue campaign: Don't Drive Dead

Publication design: Craft activist

Brand design: Canning

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The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.